And euery ȝeer þis freisshe Maii
These lusti ladis ryde aboute,
And I mot nedes suie here route
In þis manere as ȝe now se,
And trusse here haltres forþ wiþ me,
And am bot as here horse knaue.
Non oþer office I ne haue,
Hem þenkþ I am worþi nomore,
ffor I was slow in loues lore,
Whan I was able forto lere,